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李渾子湛渾弟繪族子公緒李璵弟瑾族弟曉鄭述祖子元德
Li Hun; his son Zhan; Hun's brother Hui; clansman Gongxu; Li Yu; brother Jin; clansman Xiao; Zheng Shuzu; son Yuande
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李渾，字季初，趙郡栢人人也。 曾祖靈，魏鉅鹿公。 父遵，魏冀州征東府司馬，京兆王愉冀州起逆，遇害。 渾以父死王事，除給事中。 時四方多難，乃謝病，求為青州征東府司馬。 與河間邢卲、北海王昕俱奉老母、攜妻子同赴青、齊。 未幾而尒朱榮入洛，衣冠殲盡。 論者以為知機。 永安初，除散騎常侍。
Li Hun, styled Jichu, was a man of Bairen in Zhao commandery. His great-grandfather Ling was duke of Julu under Wei. His father Zun was staff officer of the eastern campaigning headquarters in Jizhou under Wei; when Prince Jingzhao Yu rose in revolt in Jizhou, he met disaster and was killed. Because his father died in the prince's service, Hun was appointed attendant within the yellow gates. When troubles multiplied on all sides, he resigned on grounds of illness and sought appointment as staff officer of the eastern campaigning headquarters in Qingzhou. Together with Xing Shao of Hejian and Wang Xin of Beihai, they all supported their aged mothers and took wives and children on the same journey to Qing and Qi. Before long Erzhu Rong entered Luoyang and the gentry were wiped out. Commentators held that he had read the times aright. At the beginning of Yong'an he was appointed attendant cavalier in regular attendance.
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普泰中，崔社客反於海岱，攻圍青州。 詔渾為征東將軍、都官尚書，行臺赴援。 而社客宿將多謀，諸城各自保，固壁清野。 時議有異同。 渾曰：「社客賊之根本，圍城復逾晦朔。 烏合之眾，易可崩離。 若簡練驍勇，銜枚夜襲，徑趣營下，出其不意，咄嗟之間，便可擒殄。 如社客就擒，則諸郡可傳檄而定。 何意冒熱攻城，疲損軍士。」 諸將遲疑，渾乃決行。 未明，達城下，賊徒驚散，生擒社客，斬首送洛。 海隅清定。
In the Putai era, Cui Sheke rebelled in Hai and Dai and besieged Qingzhou. An edict appointed Hun general of the eastern campaign and director of the ministry of justice, with mobile headquarters to go to the rescue. Sheke had many veteran officers full of schemes; each city held its own ground, securing the walls and clearing the countryside. Opinion at the time was divided. Hun said, "Sheke is the root of the rebels; the siege has already passed a full month. A mob gathered in a day can easily be broken apart. If we pick crack troops, gag them for a night assault, strike straight for the camp, and take them unawares, in a trice we can capture and destroy them. Once Sheke is taken, the commanderies can be settled by proclamation alone. Why insist on storming the city in the heat and wearing down the troops?" The generals hesitated; Hun decided to proceed anyway. Before dawn they reached below the walls; the rebel host scattered in alarm; Sheke was captured alive and his head was sent to Luoyang. The coastal regions were pacified.
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後除光祿大夫，兼常侍，聘使至梁。 梁武謂之曰：「伯陽之後，久而彌盛，趙李人物，今實居多。 常侍曾經將領，今復充使，文武不墜，良屬斯人。」 使還，為東郡太守，以贓徵還。 世宗使武士提以入，渾抗言曰：「將軍今日猶自禮賢耶？」 世宗笑而捨之。
Later he was appointed grand master for illuminating government and concurrent regular attendant, and sent as envoy to Liang. Emperor Wu of Liang said to him, "Descendants of Boyang — the longer the line runs, the more it flourishes; men of the Zhao Li clan are truly numerous today. You once served as a commander; now again you fill an envoy's post — civil and military alike unbroken. How fitting in such a man." On his return he became administrator of Dong commandery; he was recalled on charges of corruption. Gao Cheng had warriors seize and bring him in; Hun spoke up boldly, "Does the general still treat the worthy with courtesy today?" Gao Cheng laughed and let him go.
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天保初，除太子少保。 時邢卲為少師，楊愔為少傅，論者為榮。 以參禪代儀註，賜爵涇陽縣男。 刪定《麟趾格》。 尋除海州刺史。 土人反，共攻州城。 城中多石，無井，常食海水。 賊絕其路。 城內先有一池，時旱久涸，一朝天雨，泉流湧溢。 賊以為神，應時駭散。 渾督勵將士，捕斬渠帥。 渾妾郭氏在州干政納貨，坐免官。 卒。
At the beginning of Tianbao he was appointed junior tutor to the heir apparent. At the time Xing Shao was junior preceptor and Yang Yin junior tutor; commentators took it as an honor. Because he took part in the rites and regulations of the dynastic transition, he was granted the title baron of Jingyang county. He helped revise the Linzhi Code. Soon he was appointed governor of Haizhou. The local people rebelled and together attacked the prefectural city. The city had much stone and no wells; they regularly drank seawater. The rebels cut off their routes. Within the city there was already a pool; after long drought it had dried up, but one morning heaven sent rain and springs gushed forth in flood. The rebels took it for a miracle and scattered in alarm at once. Hun urged on his officers and soldiers and captured and beheaded the ringleaders. Hun's concubine Lady Guo meddled in government at the prefecture and took bribes; on that charge he was dismissed from office. He died.
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子湛，字處元。 涉獵文史，有家風。 為太子舍人，兼常侍，聘陳使副。 襲爵涇陽縣男。 渾與弟繪、緯俱為聘梁使主，湛又為使副，是以趙郡人士，目為四使之門。
His son Zhan, styled Chuyuan. He ranged widely in letters and histories and had the family's manner. He served as attendant to the heir apparent, concurrent regular attendant, and deputy envoy on a mission to Chen. He inherited the title baron of Jingyang county. Hun and his brothers Hui and Wei had all been chief envoys on missions to Liang; Zhan again served as deputy envoy — hence men of Zhao commandery called them the Gate of Four Envoys.
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繪，字敬文。 年六歲，便自願入學，家人偶以年俗忌，約而弗許。 伺其伯姊筆牘之間，而輒竊用，未幾遂通《急就章》。 內外異之，以為非常兒也。 及長，儀貌端偉，神情朗儁。 河間邢晏，卽繪舅也，與繪清言，歎其高遠。 每稱曰：「若披雲霧，如對珠玉，宅相之寄，良在此甥。」 齊王蕭寶夤引為主簿記室，專管表檄，待以賓友之禮。 司徒高邕辟為從事中郎，徵至洛。 時勑侍中西河王、秘書監常景選儒學十人緝撰五禮，繪與太原王乂同掌軍禮。 魏靜帝於顯陽殿講《孝經》、《禮記》，繪與從弟騫、裴伯茂、魏收、盧元明等俱為錄議。 素長筆札，尤能傳受，緝綴詞議，簡舉可觀。 天平初，世宗用為丞相司馬。 每罷朝，文武總集，對揚王庭，常令繪先發言端，為群僚之首。 音辭辯正，風儀都雅，聽者悚然。
Hui, styled Jingwen. At age six he himself wished to enter school; his family, observing a taboo of the year by chance, made an appointment and would not allow it. He watched his elder cousin sister between brush and inkstone and would steal use of them; before long he had mastered the Jijiuzhang. Inside and outside the family marveled at him, considering him no ordinary child. When grown, his bearing was dignified and imposing, his spirit bright and outstanding. Xing Yan of Hejian — Hui's maternal uncle — conversed in pure talk with Hui and admired his loftiness. He often praised him, "As if parting the clouds and mist, as if facing pearls and jade — the hopes of the clan seat rest on this nephew." Prince of Qi Xiao Baoyin brought him in as chief clerk and recorder, put him in charge of memorials and proclamations, and treated him with the courtesy due a guest and friend. Grand Secretary Gao Yong summoned him as attendant gentleman; he was called to Luoyang. At the time an edict had the attendant-in-ordinary Prince Xihe of the Western River, Secretary Director Chang Jing, and ten Confucian scholars compile the Five Rites; Hui and Wang Yi of Taiyuan together took charge of military rites. Emperor Jing of Wei lectured on the Classic of Filial Piety and the Record of Rites at the Xianyang Hall; Hui and his cousin Qian, Pei Bomo, Wei Shou, Lu Yuanming, and others were all recorders and discussants. He had long excelled at letters; he was especially able to transmit and receive; in compiling and stitching together discussions, his selections were worth viewing. At the beginning of Tianping, Gao Cheng employed him as staff officer to the chancellor. Whenever court adjourned, civil and military officials would all assemble and debate before the royal court; he was regularly made to open the discussion, first among the officials. His words were clear and correct, his bearing altogether elegant; listeners were awed.
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武定初，兼常侍，為聘梁使主。 梁武帝問繪：「高相今在何處？」 繪曰：「今在晉陽，肅遏邊寇。」 梁武曰：「黑獺若為形容？ 高相作何經略？」 繪曰：「黑獺遊魂關右，人神厭毒，連歲凶災，百姓懷土。 丞相奇略不世，畜銳觀釁，攻昧取亡，勢必不遠。」 梁武曰：「如卿言極佳。」 與梁人泛言氏族，袁狎曰：「未若我本出自黃帝，姓在十四之限。」 繪曰：「兄所出雖遠，當共車千秋分一字耳。」 一坐大笑。 前後行人，皆通啟求市，繪獨守清尚，梁人重其廉潔。
At the beginning of Wuding he was concurrent regular attendant and chief envoy on a mission to Liang. Emperor Wu of Liang asked Hui, "Where is Chancellor Gao now?" Hui said, "He is now at Jinyang, sternly repelling border raiders." Emperor Wu said, "What is Black Badger's appearance like? What strategy does Chancellor Gao pursue?" Hui said, "Black Badger is a stray spirit in the west, loathed by men and spirits alike; year after year brings fierce calamity and the people yearn for their homeland. The chancellor's stratagems are unmatched in the age; he gathers sharp blades and watches for an opening — attacking the benighted to take the doomed — victory cannot be far." Emperor Wu said, "As you say — excellent." With the men of Liang he spoke at large on clans; Yuan Xia said, "Still not as good as my house — we issue from the Yellow Emperor and our surname stands within the fourteen." Hui said, "Though what you issue from is remote, you should share one character with Che Qianqiu." The whole company laughed aloud. Envoys who came before and after all sent letters opening relations and seeking trade; Hui alone kept to purity and loftiness — the men of Liang respected his integrity.
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使還，拜平南將軍、高陽內史。 郡境舊有猛獸，民常患之。 繪欲修檻，遂因鬬死。 咸以為化感所致，皆請申上。 繪曰：「猛獸因鬥而斃，自是偶然，貪此為功，人將窺我。」 竟不聽。 高祖東巡郡國，在瀛州城西駐馬久立，使慰之曰：「孤在晉，知山東守唯卿一人用意。 及入境觀風，信如所聞。 但善始令終，將位至不次。」 河間守崔謀恃其弟暹勢，從繪乞麋角鴿羽。 繪答書曰：「鴿有六翮，飛則沖天，麋有四足，走便入海。 下官膚體疏懶，手足遲鈍，不能逐飛追走，遠事佞人。」 是時世宗使暹選司徒長史，暹薦繪，旣而不果，咸謂由此書。 天保初，為司徒右長史。 繪質性方重，未嘗趨事權勢，以此久而屈沈。 卒。 贈南青州刺史，謚曰景。
On his return he was appointed general who pacifies the south and inner administrator of Gaoyang. Within the commandery there had long been fierce beasts; the people often suffered from them. Hui wished to build a cage-trap; the beast thereupon died in a fight. All considered it an effect of transforming influence and asked to report it upward. Hui said, "The fierce beast died fighting — that was mere chance; if I greedily claim it as merit, people will peer into me." In the end he would not listen. Gao Huan toured the commanderies eastward; west of Yingzhou city he halted his horse and stood long; he sent word of comfort, "When I was in Jin, I knew that among the governors east of the mountains only you alone applied your mind. Now that I have entered your territory and observed the winds, it is as I heard. Only see that you begin well and end well — your rank will rise beyond the ordinary." Administrator of Hejian Cui Mou relied on the power of his younger brother Xian and begged from Hui elk horns and pigeon feathers. Hui replied in a letter, "The pigeon has six pinions — in flight it pierces the sky; the elk has four legs — in running it soon reaches the sea. This humble officer's flesh is slack and lazy, his hands and feet slow and dull; I cannot chase what flies or pursue what runs, and go far to serve a flatterer." At the time Gao Cheng had Xian select the chief clerk of the ministry of rites; Xian recommended Hui, but in the end it did not come to pass — all said it was because of this letter. At the beginning of Tianbao he was chief clerk on the right of the ministry of rites. Hui's nature was square and weighty; he never hurried to serve the powerful — for this reason he long remained suppressed and obscure. He died. He was posthumously made governor of Southern Qingzhou; his posthumous title was Jing.
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公緒，字穆叔，渾族兄籍之子。 性聰敏，博通經傳。 魏末冀州司馬，屬疾去官。 後以侍御史徵，不至，卒。
Gongxu, styled Mushu, was the son of Ji, Hun's clansman on the elder-brother line. By nature clever and keen, he broadly mastered the classics and their commentaries. At the end of Wei he was staff officer in Jizhou; he left office on grounds of illness. Later he was summoned as attendant censor but did not come; he died.
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公緒沉冥樂道，不關世務，故誓心不仕。 尤善陰陽圖緯之學。 嘗語人云：「吾每觀齊之分野，福德不多，國家世祚，終於四七。」 及齊亡之歲，上距天保之元二十八年矣。 公緒潛居自待，雅好著書，撰《典言》十卷，又撰《質疑》五卷，《喪服章句》一卷，《古今略記》二十卷，《玄子》五卷，《趙語》十三卷，並行於世。
Gongxu was withdrawn and delighted in the Way, heedless of worldly affairs — hence he vowed in his heart not to serve. He was especially skilled in yin-yang lore and apocryphal charts. He once told people, "Whenever I observe the astral territory of Qi, its fortune and virtue are not great; the state's dynastic span will end at four-seven." When Qi fell, it was twenty-eight years from the first year of Tianbao. Gongxu lived in seclusion awaiting his time and by nature loved to write books; he composed Dianyan in ten juan, also Zhiyi in five juan, Sangfu zhangju in one juan, Gujin lüeji in twenty juan, Xuanzi in five juan, and Zhaoyu in thirteen juan — all circulated in the world.
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李璵，字道璠，隴西成紀人，涼武昭王暠之五世孫。 父韶，並有重名於魏代。 璵溫雅有識量。 釋褐太尉行參軍，累遷司徒右長史。 及遷都於鄴，留於後，監掌府藏，及撤運宮廟材木，以明幹見稱。 累遷驃騎大將軍、東徐州刺史。 解州還，遂稱老疾，不求仕。 齊受禪，進璵兼前將軍，導從於圓丘行禮。 璵意不願策名兩朝，雖以宿舊被徵，過事卽絕朝請。 天保四年卒。
Li Yu, styled Daofan, was a man of Chengji in Longxi — fifth-generation descendant of Li Hao, Martial and Illustrious King of Liang. His father Shao; both father and son won great renown in Wei. Yu was mild and refined, with judgment and breadth of mind. Upon removing mourning he entered service as staff officer to the grand commandant and rose in turn to right chief clerk of the secretariat. When the capital moved to Ye he stayed behind to oversee the treasury and haul palace and temple timber — and was praised for sharp, capable work. He rose in turn to rapid cavalry grand general and inspector of eastern Xu province. On leaving his post he went home, pleaded old age and illness, and sought no further office. When Qi received the mandate, Yu was promoted to former general concurrently and led the rites at the Round Mound. Yu would not have his name entered in two dynasties; though summoned as an old friend, once the rite was done he ceased all court attendance. He died in the fourth year of Tianbao.
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子詮、韞、誦。 韞無行。 誦以女妻穆提婆子懷廆，超遷臨漳令、儀同三司。 韞與陸令萱女弟私通，令萱奏授太子舍人。
His sons were Quan, Yun, and Song. Yun was without conduct. Song gave his daughter to Huai'ao, son of Mu Tipo, and was promoted beyond measure to magistrate of Linzhang and equal in three departments. Yun carried on with Lu Lingxuan's younger sister; Lingxuan memorialized and had him made crown prince attendant.
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弟瑾，字道瑜，名在《魏書》。 才識之美，見稱當代。 瑾六子，彥之、倩之、壽之、禮之、行之、凝之，並有器望。 行之與兄弟深相友愛，又風素夷簡，為士友所稱。 范陽盧思道是其舅子，嘗贈詩云：「水衡稱逸人，潘楊有世親，形骸預冠蓋，心思出風塵。」 時人以為實錄。
His younger brother Jin, styled Daoyu, is famed in the Book of Wei. His talent and learning won praise in his age. Jin had six sons — Yanzhi, Qianzhi, Shouzhi, Lizhi, Xingzhi, and Ningzhi — all men of talent and standing. Xingzhi loved his brothers deeply; plain and unassuming in manner, he was praised by men of letters. Lu Sidao of Fan Yang was his nephew by marriage; once he sent a poem: "The Director of Water Balances calls him a recluse; Pan and Yang are kin by marriage through the generations; his body already rides with caps and coaches, yet his mind ranges beyond the dust of the world." Men of the time took this for truth.
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璵從弟曉，字仁略。 魏太尉虔子。 學涉有思理。 釋褐員外侍郎。 尒朱榮之害朝士，將行，曉衣冠為鼠所噬，遂不成行，得免河陰之難。 及遷都鄴，曉便寓居清河，託從母兄崔悛宅。 給良田三十頃，曉遂築室安居，訓勗子侄，無復宦情。 武定末，以世道方泰，乃入都從仕。 除頓丘守，卒。
Yu's cousin Xiao, styled Renlue. He was a son of Wei grand commandant Qian. Broad in learning, with a keen mind. Upon removing mourning he became an outer secretariat attendant. When Erzhu Rong was about to slaughter the court gentlemen and Xiao was to go, rats gnawed his robe and cap; he could not set out and so escaped the disaster at Heyin. When the capital moved to Ye, Xiao lodged in Qinghe at the home of his mother's sister's son, Cui Juan. He was granted thirty qing of fertile land; Xiao built a house, settled in peace, and schooled his nephews — with no further wish for office. At the end of Wuding, seeing the age at peace, he entered the capital to serve. He was made magistrate of Dunqiu and died in office.
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鄭述祖，字恭文，滎陽開封人。 祖羲，魏中書令。 父道昭，魏秘書監。 述祖少聰敏，好屬文，有風檢，為先達所稱譽。 釋褐司空行參軍。 天保初，累遷太子少師、儀同三司、兗州刺史。 時穆子容為巡省使，嘆曰：「古人有言：『聞伯夷之風，貪夫廉，懦夫有立。』 今於鄭兗州見之矣。」
Zheng Shuzu, styled Gongwen, was a man of Kaifeng in Xingyang. His grandfather Xi was Wei director of the secretariat. His father Daozhao was Wei secretariat supervisor. Shuzu in youth was clever and quick, loved to write, bore himself with restraint, and won praise from elders. Upon removing mourning he entered service as staff officer in the ministry of works. At the opening of Tianbao he rose in turn to junior tutor of the crown prince, equal in three departments, and inspector of Yan province. At the time Mu Zirong was touring inspector; he sighed and said, "The ancients said: 'Hear the wind of Bo Yi, and the greedy grow honest; the timid stand firm. Today I have seen it in Inspector Zheng of Yan province."
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初，述祖父為光州，於城南小山起齋亭，刻石為記。 述祖時年九歲。 及為刺史，往尋舊跡，得一破石，有銘云：「中嶽先生鄭道昭之白雲堂。」 述祖對之嗚咽，悲動群僚。 有人入市盜布，其父怒曰：「何忍欺人君！」 執之以歸首，述祖特原之。 自是之後，境內無盜。 人歌之曰：「大鄭公，小鄭公，相去五十載，風教猶尚同。」
Earlier, when Shuzu's father held Guang province, he built a chapel on a hill south of the city and carved a stone inscription. Shuzu was then nine years old. When he became inspector he went to seek the old site and found a broken stone inscribed: "The White Cloud Hall of Zheng Daozhao, Mr. Zhongyue." Shuzu faced it and sobbed aloud; his grief moved the whole staff. Someone in the market stole cloth; his father said in anger, "How can you bear to cheat the ruler!" He seized the man and handed him over; Shuzu especially pardoned him. From then on there were no thieves within the borders. The people sang: "Great Duke Zheng, little Duke Zheng — fifty years apart, yet their teaching and customs are still one."
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述祖能鼓琴，自造《龍吟十弄》，云嘗夢人彈琴，寤而寫得。 當時以為絕妙。 所在好為山池，松竹交植。 盛饌以待賓客，將迎不倦。 未貴時，在鄉單馬出行，忽有騎者數百，見述祖皆下馬，曰「公在此」，行列而拜。 述祖顧問從人，皆不見，心甚異之。 未幾備徵，終歷顯位。 及病篤，乃自言之。 且曰：「吾今老矣，一生富貴足矣，以清白之名遺子孫，死無所恨。」 遂卒於州。 述祖女為趙郡王叡妃。 述祖常坐受王拜，命坐，王乃坐。 妃薨後，王更娶鄭道蔭女。 王坐受道蔭拜，王命坐，乃敢坐。 王謂道蔭曰：「鄭尚書風德如此，又貴重宿舊，君不得譬之。」 子元德，多藝術，官至瑯邪守。
Shuzu could play the zither and himself composed the "Dragon Chant, Ten Pieces," saying he once dreamed a man playing the zither and on waking wrote it down. Men of the time held it matchless. Wherever he served he loved to lay out hills and pools, planting pine and bamboo together. He set out rich fare for guests and never tired of welcoming them. Before he rose to honor, riding alone in the countryside, suddenly several hundred horsemen appeared; seeing Shuzu they all dismounted and said, "The lord is here," then lined up and bowed. Shuzu turned to ask his attendants; none had seen them. His heart was deeply struck. Before long he was summoned to court and in the end held eminent rank. When gravely ill he spoke of this himself. He also said, "I am old now; a lifetime of wealth and honor is enough. To leave my descendants a name for integrity — in death I have no regret." He then died in the province. Shuzu's daughter was consort to Prince of Zhao Commandery Rui. Shuzu would sit and receive the prince's bow; only when Shuzu bade him sit would the prince sit. After the consort died, the prince took Zheng Daoyin's daughter in marriage. The prince would sit and receive Daoyin's bow; the prince ordered him to sit, and only then did Daoyin dare sit. The prince said to Daoyin, "Minister Zheng's bearing and virtue are such, and he is moreover an honored elder of long standing — you must not compare yourself to him." His son Yuande was skilled in many arts and rose to governor of Langye.
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元德從父弟元禮，字文規。 少好學，愛文藻，有名望。 世宗引為館客，歷太子舍人。 崔昂妻，卽元禮之姊也，魏收又昂之妹夫。 昂嘗持元禮數篇詩示盧思道，乃謂思道云：「看元禮比來詩詠，亦當不減魏收？」 答云：「未覺元禮賢於魏收，但知妹夫疏於婦弟。」 元禮入周，卒於始州別駕。
Yuande's cousin Yuan Li, styled Wengui. In youth he loved learning and prized literary ornament; he had fame and standing. Gao Cheng retained him as retainer-guest; he served in turn as crown prince attendant. Cui Ang's wife was Yuan Li's elder sister; Wei Shou was also Ang's brother-in-law. Ang once showed several of Yuan Li's poems to Lu Sidao and said, "Look at Yuan Li's recent poems — are they not the equal of Wei Shou?" He answered, "I do not feel Yuan Li is better than Wei Shou — I only know a brother-in-law is cold to his wife's brother." Yuan Li entered Zhou and died as vice governor of Shi prefecture.
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全文以中華書局、一九七二年十一月、第一版《北齊書》為本校。
The full text has been collated against the Zhonghua Shuju first edition of the Book of Northern Qi, November 1972.